Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader?

18 Jan

2010

5 Jul

20 Dec

14 Mar

2011

14 June

12 Sept

12 Dec

12 Mar 2012

12 Jun

10 Sept

15 Oct

12 Nov

Total approve

37%

37%

39%

38%

38%

39%

32%

36%

32%

32%

37%

33%

Total disapprove

37%

47%

39%

47%

48%

50%

53%

52%

54%

55%

54%

58%

Strongly approve

5%

8%

9%

7%

6%

8%

6%

7%

6%

6%

9%

6%

Approve

32%

29%

30%

31%

32%

31%

26%

29%

26%

26%

28%

27%

Disapprove

20%

23%

21%

24%

25%

23%

25%

23%

24%

26%

23%

28%

Strongly disapprove

17%

24%

18%

23%

23%

27%

28%

29%

30%

29%

31%

30%

Don’t know

26%

16%

22%

16%

15%

11%

14%

12%

13%

13%

9%

10%

Tony Abbott’s approval rating has dropped over the last month. 33% (down 4%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 58% (up 4%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -17 to -25 over the last 4 weeks. This is Tony Abbott’s lowest rating since he became Opposition Leader.

65% (down 9%) of Coalition voters approve and 29% (up 7%) disapprove.

By gender – men 36% approve/56% disapprove, women 29% approve/59% disapprove. In net terms this represents a decline with men from -16 to -20 and with women from -19 to -30.

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader?

18 Jan

2010

5 Jul

20 Dec

14 Mar

2011

14 June

12 Sept

12 Dec

12 Mar 2012

12 Jun

16 Jul

13 Aug

Total approve

37%

37%

39%

38%

38%

39%

32%

36%

32%

35%

36%

Total disapprove

37%

47%

39%

47%

48%

50%

53%

52%

54%

53%

51%

Strongly approve

5%

8%

9%

7%

6%

8%

6%

7%

6%

7%

8%

Approve

32%

29%

30%

31%

32%

31%

26%

29%

26%

28%

28%

Disapprove

20%

23%

21%

24%

25%

23%

25%

23%

24%

23%

22%

Strongly disapprove

17%

24%

18%

23%

23%

27%

28%

29%

30%

30%

29%

Don’t know

26%

16%

22%

16%

15%

11%

14%

12%

13%

12%

13%

Tony Abbott’s approval rating has improved marginally over the last month. 36% (up 1%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 51% (down 2%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -18 to -15 over the last 4 weeks.

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader?

18 Jan

2010

5 Jul

2010

20 Dec 2010

14 Mar

14 June

12 Sept

17 Oct

14 Nov

Total approve

37%

37%

39%

38%

38%

39%

40%

36%

Total disapprove

37%

47%

39%

47%

48%

50%

51%

52%

Strongly approve

5%

8%

9%

7%

6%

8%

8%

6%

Approve

32%

29%

30%

31%

32%

31%

32%

30%

Disapprove

20%

23%

21%

24%

25%

23%

23%

26%

Strongly disapprove

17%

24%

18%

23%

23%

27%

28%

26%

Don’t know

26%

16%

22%

16%

15%

11%

9%

12%

Tony Abbott’s approval rating has fallen over the last month. 36% (down 4%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 52% (up 1%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -11 to -16 over the last 4 weeks. This is the lowest rating recorded for Tony Abbott since he became opposition leader.

Q. Which of the following statements is closest to your view about the performance of Tony Abbott as Opposition leader?

7 Mar 2011

6 Jun 2011

Total

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Tony Abbott is performing the role of Opposition leader well and is keeping the Government accountable

41%

42%

38%

6%

77%

10%

Tony Abbott is just opposing everything and is obstructing the work of the Government

43%

44%

45%

82%

11%

77%

Don’t know

16%

15%

17%

12%

11%

13%

The proportion of respondents that believe that Tony Abbott is performing the role of Opposition Leader well is 38%, down four points from when the question was last asked on 6 June 2011. Coalition voters are far more likely to regard Abbott as performing the role well (77%).

Forty five per cent (45%) of respondents believe that Abbott is just opposing everything and is obstructing the work of Government (45%), a result that is fairly consistent with the previous occasions on which the question has been polled. Labor voters are the most likely to agree with this position (82%), as are Greens voters (77%).

Respondents aged 65+ are much more likely to regard Abbott as performing well (56%).

Respondents from Queensland were also somewhat more likely to regard Abbott as doing well (44%).

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader?

18 Jan

2010

5 Jul

20 Dec

17 Jan 2011

14 Feb

14 Mar

11 Apr

9 May

14 June

11 July

15 Aug

12 Sept

Total approve

37%

37%

39%

42%

38%

38%

36%

42%

38%

39%

37%

39%

Total disapprove

37%

47%

39%

37%

46%

47%

48%

44%

48%

49%

50%

50%

Strongly approve

5%

8%

9%

7%

8%

7%

7%

8%

6%

6%

8%

8%

Approve

32%

29%

30%

35%

30%

31%

29%

34%

32%

33%

29%

31%

Disapprove

20%

23%

21%

22%

24%

24%

25%

25%

25%

24%

25%

23%

Strongly disapprove

17%

24%

18%

15%

22%

23%

23%

19%

23%

25%

25%

27%

Don’t know

26%

16%

22%

20%

16%

16%

17%

14%

15%

11%

13%

11%

Tony Abbott’s approval rating has been at a similar level for the past 4 months. 39% (up 2%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 50% (no change) disapprove – a change in net rating from -13 to -11 over the last 4 weeks.